| early warning radar | a radar that is part of an early warning system |
| early warning system | a network of radar installations designed to detect enemy missiles or aircraft while there is still time to intercept them |
| early bird | a person who gets up very early in the morning |
| early bird | a person who arrives early before others do |
Belle Isle cress
early winter cress
land cress
American cress
American watercress Barbarea verna
Barbarea praecox | of southwestern Europe, cultivated in Florida |
male orchis
early purple orchid
Orchis mascula | Eurasian orchid with showy pink or purple flowers in a loose spike |
early coral root
pale coral root
Corallorhiza trifida | plant having clumps of nearly leafless pale yellowish to greenish stems bearing similarly colored flowers with white lower lips, northern New Mexico north through South Dakota and Washington to Alaska |
early spider orchid
Ophrys sphegodes | spring-blooming spider orchid having a flower with yellow or green or pink sepals and a broad brown velvety lip |
dwarf-white trillium
snow trillium
early wakeobin | a low perennial white-flowered trillium found in the southeastern United States |
Verpa bohemica
early morel | resembles a thimble on a finger, the surface of the fertile portion is folded into wrinkles that extend from the top down, fruiting begins in spring before the leaves are out on the trees |
infancy
babyhood
early childhood | the early stage of growth or development |
| early-morning hour | an hour early in the morning |
| youth early days | an early period of development, during the youth of the project |
| early | at or near the beginning of a period of time or course of events or before the usual or expected time, early morning, an early warning, early diagnosis, an early death, took early retirement, an early spring, early varieties of peas and tomatoes mature before most standard varieties |
| early | being or occurring at an early stage of development, in an early stage, early forms of life, early man, an early computer |
| early | of an early stage in the development of a language or literature, the Early Hebrew alphabetical script is that used mainly from the th to the th centuries B.C., Early Modern English is represented in documents printed from to |
spring-flowering
early-flowering
spring-blooming
early-blooming
late-spring-blooming | of plants that bloom during the spring |
| early | very young, at an early age |
early(a)
former(a)
other(a) | belonging to the distant past, the early inhabitants of Europe, former generations, in other times |
| early | expected in the near future, look for an early end to the negotiations |
early
ahead of time
too soon | before the usual time or the time expected, she graduated early, the house was completed ahead of time |
| early betimes | in good time, he awoke betimes that morning |
early on
early | during an early stage, early on in her career |